Diembe
A teenage Kenyan boy moves to the UK with high hopes only to be welcomed by bad weather, ignorant pupils and even worse, touchy-feely girls. As he struggles to fit in at school, one unlikely friendship with a curious classmate is going to change everything.
Official Selection International Kids Film Festival of India 2017
Official Selection British Urban Film Festival 2016
Official Selection Reel Shorts Film Festival 2016
Nominated Best UK short – New Renaissance Film Festival 2016
Special Mention – Short of the Year Winter 2017
Official Selection – SCHLINGEL – International Film Festival
Official Selection – Full Bloom Film Festival 2016
Official Selection – Mindie – Miami Independent Film Festival June 2016 Edition
Official Selection – Chicago International Children’s Film Festival
Official Selection – Kalpanirjhar International Short Fiction Film Festival
Official Selection – Walker’s Kids’ Film Festival
Filmed in Stoke on Trent, England
Year:
2016
Director:
Anderson West
Production Company:
Bimbi Philips Media, Fuzzy Duck Creative & Jeruty Films
Starring:
Ed Kagatuzi,
Kai Harrington,
Fenton Forest Parkinson,
Sean Croke and Jenny Wambaa